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11-30-2011, 04:13 PM
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Does anybody know of a company that sells high-quality instrument cable by the foot? (I make up my own cables)
I used to use Beldon 8412, but the company that I bought it from stopped carrying it. The last cable I made from 8412 lasted me 10 years, no joke.
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11-30-2011, 04:27 PM
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12-01-2011, 12:45 AM
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12-01-2011, 10:51 AM
| | | | Check out your local electric contractor supply stores. Electronic repair shops sell it too. I know that Radio Shack sells cable by the foot but I don't know the quality. |
12-01-2011, 12:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Saint John, NB, Canada | | Check around your area for electronics wholesalers. They should carry better quaility cable than Radio shed. 
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12-02-2011, 01:13 AM
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12-02-2011, 01:42 AM
|  | It's all about the groove... | | Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Warren County, Indiana | | If you really like the 8412 - eBay has it: 50' Bleden 8412 20 AWG 2C Microphone Cabl Rubber jacket | eBay
It's weird. Searching for "Belden 8412" shows no hits, but searching for "8412 cable" does.
Not down-playing Mogami or anything, just throwing an option out there....
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12-02-2011, 02:20 AM
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12-02-2011, 02:38 AM
| | It's all about the groove... | | Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Warren County, Indiana | | I noticed that after I posted the link, and chuckled for a bit. 
Hopefully the OP don't need no bleedin' cable....lol. 
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12-02-2011, 03:06 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: London, Ontario, Canada | | | Lava Cable also sells their ELC cable for DIY.
+1000 on using Belden cable. I can top the OP, as I made a bunch up 25 years ago. With US-made Switchcraft connectors and just a little electrical tape for strain relief, they have been completely trouble-free. The low-capacitance, single-conductor 8411 cable still sounds great, and the Hypalon rubber cover wears like iron. IIRC, I paid about $50 for a 100 foot roll...
I'd love to make up some more using shrink tubing and Neutrik connectors, but unfortunately, Belden no longer makes 8411. The only drawback to that stuff, was that the high-density braided copper shield was a pain to prep. I used to carefully untangle the braid, using a straight pin...
The two-conductor 8412 seems to be the only current alternative. This is a shame, as it's thicker, and presumably stiffer. Belden doesn't publish detailed specs in their online catalogue these days, but IIRC, the capacitance was a little higher than the 8411, as well.
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